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The man in uniform knows a rabble rouser when he sees one. “Are these… persons with you?” he asks warily eyeing the group of thirty or so Golden Laneites who had braved the blizzard conditions and the strange bio-diesel tang of the No.4 bus to make it up Islington Town Hall. We review the troops. The council’s porter was a man who’d seen a thing or two in his time. “Just keep it civilised, you know - have a coffee, have a cup of tea… no arguing with the supporters, no–you know–fighting”, he…See More

"What a trial! What a show!
Were the biscuits ring-fenced? What about the communal washing-line strung between the two towers we were promised? And will the children from the new block be allowed to come and play in our recently refurbished Neolithic…"

"An update: The proposal to delegate the planning decision to Islington was defeated 12 votes to 11 following lobbying by our local Councilmen. Mark Boleat CC, as expected, spoke in favour of the motion which would have left residents without elected…"

We are at the meeting of the City Planning and Transportation meeting this morning where the City has come up with a wizard wheeze to avoid dealing with the planning decision for the Richard Cloudesley School site.The RCS site straddles the boundary between Islington and the City, so the City planners…See More

"Hi Charles,
A full redecoration of the outside of all the blocks has not been carried out since I moved here in 2002. On Hatfield the inside of the private rear balconies and the front doors was painted over 5 years ago and i seem to remember the…"

As far as I can establish the estate was last redecorated in 2005. By next summer that will be 13 years. A normal cycle of redecoration would be 7 years. The paint is literally falling off Basterfield House. Here are the little deposits of paint all along Basterfield Mews that we woke up to this morning, caused by water freezing under the paint surface and blowing it off.Over one third of the concrete repair bill is for "access". Apparently the concrete repairs will be carried out by abseiling…See More

"Hi David,
You need to refer to Islington's policy DM3.1 for housing mix. You can download it here. Table 3.1, page 31. For Social Rented housing they specify the following:
1-bed 0%
2-bed 20%
3-bed 30%
4-bed 50%
You will notice that the…"

"As a dim-witted Council Tenant I hope all you clever architects are taking into account the fact that the new Council Housing is supposed to include a decent proportion of larger properties for families?
It's not just about 'units' -…"

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The man in uniform knows a rabble rouser when he sees one. “Are these… persons with you?” he asks warily eyeing the group of thirty or so Golden Laneites who had braved the blizzard conditions and the strange bio-diesel tang of the No.4 bus to make it up Islington Town Hall. We review the troops.

The council’s porter was a man who’d seen a thing or two in his time. “Just keep it civilised, you know - have a coffee, have a cup of tea… no arguing with the…